Last week, when I arrived on Curlew Island, in the centre of the Broadwater near the Grand Hotel. This junior Willy Wagtail, thought I was mum and followed me around begging for food.

Here is what I found there that day:-

Whimbrels 88, Bar-tailed Godwits 74, Eastern Curlews 46, Curlew Sandpiper 1, Pied Oystercatchers 6, Australian Pelicans 62, Crested Terns 43, Gull-billed Terns 19, Caspian Tern 1, Silver Gulls 50, Chestnut Teal 1, Little Black Cormorants 6, Pied Cormorant 1, Whistling Kite          1, Brahminy Kite 1, Welcome Swallows 10, Willy Wagtail 1, Torresian Crow 2. Total Birds 413. Species 18.

It is a pity most people don't realise how rich our Broadwater is.

Wedgetail Eagles have a strict social order. This one has shutters across his eyes and is  a politician.

This is not father christmas but it is a red-backed fairy wren. He is one of the cute wrens we have in our local bushlands.

Many people have seen a Curlew but the question is which one have you seen. There are four birds which visit the Gold Coast and have Curlew in their name. Some are common and others are rare. The Eastern Curlew is critically endangered, one of 13 birds on the national list. The Broadwater has large numbers of them - one of the few places in the world where this is the case.
Follow this link to sort them out
Link:  Our Curlews